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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANANJAY SINGH THAKUR
Contact: 78****4265
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- LGD code
- 438722
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population
- 4,736
- Households
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,191
Census 2011 · in context
How Selar compares
By population, Selar ranks #3 of 42 villages in Beltara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.2%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Selar
- 57.2%
- Beltara mandal
- 61.2%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
Same as the mandal average
- Selar
- 966
- Beltara mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Selar
- 4.9
- Beltara mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Selar at a glance
Selar is a village of 4,736 people in 974 households (Census 2011) in Beltara tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 3rd-largest of 42 villages in Beltara tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495442, served by Ratanpur (Bilaspur) post office; the LGD village code is 438722. The sarpanch is DHANANJAY SINGH THAKUR, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 5,584 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Selar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SELAR
- Total area (ha)
- 869.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 663.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Selar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Selar
- LGD code
- 438722
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,736
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,584
- Households
- 974
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANANJAY SINGH THAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Beltara
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View all 41+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)